| I have done a few sitar sessions (as I am a big Indian music fan)...anyway I found that I got my best results with pencil condensers like sm-81's and KM-84s.
Unlike guitars sitars put out a very wide soundfield all at once due to the drone of the sympathetic strings.
I used two mics and placed 1 about 6 - 18" from the body/bridge and used the other one to mic the resonant guorde on the top. I will look and see if I have pics of the sessions somewhere.
Paul |